Method and system for adaptive gimbal

An apparatus for controlling a carrier comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to individually or collectively:
• obtain a motion characteristic of the carrier, the motion characteristic being indicative of a type of a payload being supported by the carrier, and the carrier being configured to support a plurality of different types of payload including the type of the payload being supported by the carrier;
• select a set of control parameter(s) from a plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) based on the motion characteristic, each individual set of control parameter(s) of the plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) being suitable for controlling the carrier to support one of the plurality of different types of payload;
• and
• control movement of the carrier according to the selected set of control parameter(s).

A system comprising:

• a movable object;
• a carrier configured to operably couple a payload to the movable object;
• and
• one or more processors that are, individually or collectively, configured to:
• obtain a motion characteristic of the carrier, the motion characteristic being indicative of a type of the payload, and the carrier being configured to support a plurality of different types of payload including the type of the payload being supported by the carrier;
• select a set of control parameter(s) from a plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) based on the motion characteristic, each individual set of control parameter(s) of the plurality of different sets of control parameter(s) being suitable for controlling the carrier to support one of the plurality of different types of payload;
• and
• control movement of the carrier according to the selected set of control parameter(s).